Mother's Day, Birthdays and softball

Let me start by saying May sucks!!! Busy, busy, busy!

Since May IS so busy, my mom and I usually celebrate Mother's Day the weekend before. We had lunch at Taps and went shopping. It was just the 2 of us. We had a great day. HOWEVER...Mother's Day is ALWAYS spent with Shane's family. Woo-hoo. We went to Acapulco for brunch. The whole family (minus Shawn) was there. Now, I haven't seen Mary since Christmas, so I knew this would not be fun! And it wasn't. We always celebrate Hayley, Shane and Katie's birthdays at the same time because it's the same week. As soon as Eric got there, he let me know that he forgot to get me a flower because he forgot I would be there. Huh. Sherri handed out my Mother's Day card and Shane's birthday card. I opened mine right away. Shane waited a while. Sherri told Katie and Hayley that they would get their presents NEXT weekend because that was when their birthdays were. What? Shane informed his mother that their birthday are (and always have been) the same week as Mother's Day. We ate. No one really spoke to me. Big effin' deal. After a bit, I told Shane to open his birthday card. His parents usually give him a check for $50. Well, as he opens his card, his eyes get real big and he kind of starts laughing. I asked him why he was laughing and he showed me the check. Mind you, it's Shane's 30th birthday (today as a matter of fact). The check was for $10! Yes I typed that right. 1-0. Ten. Now we are really not materialistic people, but we do happen to believe that the 30th birthday is a bit of a milestone. So by the time we got home, I really needed a nap. Enough of that.

Yesterday was Hayley's 5th birthday. But it was also round 4 in Katie's softball playoffs. We don't usually go during the week because it's just too late for the little girls. This was too big to miss! Saturday, we knocked the 2nd place team out of the playoffs. That was so cool because we CANNOT stand the coach. Her daughter was on Katie's team last year and let me tell you, that whole family ruined the season for quite a few parents. So we played Blue Bombers last night. They were 15-0 in the regular season, won the first 2 games in playoffs, then on Saturday, they were mercied 16-0. Whoever lost last night was out of the playoffs. It was a tough game. I won't give a play by play because I'm no good at that. But the final score was 5-0. Them. Bummer! But on the bright side, the championship game is this Saturday, the same weekend Shane and I are in Vegas for bowling/his birthday. I was going to have a VERY tough choice to make. Now I don't. But we had such a great team. These girls all had their hearts in it. The parents all got along very well. The coaches were fantastic. It was such a great experience. I also found out something funny. James and I were figuring out when he was going to pick up Katie on Friday. Our plan was to leave from O.C. as soon as we dropped off the younger 3. But James wanted to pick her up from her team party on Friday. We weren't planning on sticking around even until the party started (at 6:30). One of the other moms offered to pick up Katie from school. I thought that was very generous, especially since I didn't think anyone on the team went to her school. It turns out that Jaylynn does. She's in 4th grade. But she has 2 sisters who also go the Glenmeade. One is in 1st grade and one is in 2nd grade. Madison is in Brandon's class! We have gone all season without these 2 saying a word about it.

So I guess that's all I've got right now. Hopefully I'll have a totally happy update after Vegas.